Australian Oil and Gas Resources. Exploration and Research
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Resource Abstract:
Australia has a thriving oil and gas industry with expanding infrastructure and many exploration opportunities. Geologically
the country contains potential for large oil and gas discoveries with extensive sedimentary basins. Australia is also one
of the world leaders in providing low cost geological data with an open Acreage Release process and competitive taxation regimes.
Politically Australia is very stable with a very high standard of living and a long-standing democratic culture based on the
rights of the individual and the rule of the law. There is a free market philosophy which welcomes foreign investment - Australia
has no mandatory local equity requirements and has no government owned oil companies. Government facilitation of investment
includes fast-tracking of approvals processes for major projects. This CD provides some basic Australia data including: Oil
and Gas Resources of Australia 2003 This publication is the definitive reference on exploration, development and production
of Australia's petroleum resources. It covers exploration, reserves, undiscovered resources, development, coalbed methane
resources, production, crude oil and shale oil and supporting information and statistics. It includes a forecast of Australia's
crude oil and condensate production up to the year 2020, and sustainability indicators for petroleum resources. Information
on Australia's petroleum data availability is also included. An estimate of Australia's undiscovered oil and gas potential
and a review of geological sequestration of carbon dioxide in Australia is included. Australian Research and Promotional Material
Australian research includes research papers for Australia, Australia regions (Northwest Shelf and the Southern Margin) and
CO2 Sequestration. Promotional materials refer to pamphlets which outline geological products available from Geoscience Australia
and contacts for obtaining these products. This material is grouped by region with the research papers. Geoscience Australia
Online Databases Demonstration The Geoscience Australia Petroleum Databases Demonstration is a Microsoft Powerpoint presentation
containing instructions on how to use Geoscience Australia's online Petroleum Databases located at: www.ga.gov.au/oracle/apcrc/
This output represents the data which is considered open file and commercial-in-confidence. Petroleum Databases available
at Geoscience Australia include: the Australian Geological Provinces Database, the Petroleum Information Management System
(PIMS) GIS , the National Petroleum Wells Database and the National Geoscience GIS
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Title Australian Oil and Gas Resources. Exploration and Research
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ANZLIC Metadata Profile: An Australian/New Zealand Profile of AS/NZS ISO 19115:2005, Geographic information - Metadata
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1.1
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